Visionary

1. прилагательное 1) мечтательный Синоним(ы): dreamy, pensive 2) а) склонный к галлюцинациям б) имеющий видения 3) призрачный; воображаемый, кажущийся, мнимый, фантастический, иллюзорный Синоним(ы): ghostly, spectral, imaginary, fictitious, visional 4) непрактичный; невыполнимый, неисполнимый, неосуществимый, нереальный; утопический Синоним(ы): unpractical, impracticable 5) дальновидный, мудрый Например: visionary leadership — мудрое руководство 2. имя существительное 1) провидец, прорицатель Например: He was a visionary possessed of a powerful and discerning mind. — Он был провидцем, обладавшим сильным и проницательным умом. 2) мечтатель; выдумщик, фантазёр Например: silly visionary — глупый мечтатель utopian visionary — мечтатель-утопист Синоним(ы): dreamer

Большой англо-русский словарь

Visionary

I. adjective 1. a. of the nature of a vision; illusory b. incapable of being realized or achieved; utopian Example: a visionary scheme c. existing only in imagination; unreal 2. a. able or likely to see visions b. disposed to reverie or imagining; dreamy 3. of, relating to, or characterized by visions or the power of vision 4. having or marked by foresight and imagination Example: a visionary leader Example: a visionary invention Synonyms: see imaginaryvisionariness noun II. noun (plural -aries) 1. one whose ideas or projects are impractical; dreamer 2. one who sees visions; seer 3. one having unusual foresight and imagination Example: a visionary in the computer industry

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Visionary

1. One who hacks vision, in the sense of an Artificial Intelligence researcher working on the problem of getting computers to "see" things using TV cameras. (There isn't any problem in sending information from a TV camera to a computer. The problem is, how can the computer be programmed to make use of the camera information? See SMOP, AI-complete.) 2. [IBM] One who reads the outside literature. At IBM, apparently, such a penchant is viewed with awe and wonder.

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